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* '''Implied''': Bob is a normal acting child but is treated like he is mentally disabled.

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Bob is a normal acting child but is treated like he is mentally disabled.disabled.
** Alice has a VagueAge or ArtisticAge, but her physical appearance is comparable with 9 years old despite she acts older.
* '''Deconstructed''': Alice acts too mature for her age lead to her TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior due to her InnocentlyInsensitive nature.
* '''Reconstructed''': Alice's parents start realizing that their daughter is old enough to know about adult stuffs, and teach her how to deal with these things.
* '''Played For Laughs''': Alice's mature act and [[FromTheMouthsOfBabes speech]] are used as RunningGags.
* '''Played For Drama''': It's a CrapsackWorld where children have to become ChildSoldiers, [[FilleFatale Prostitutes]], or somethings which are considered as too dark and too mature for their age.

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* '''Justified''': Alice was copying her parents' romantic lines on Bob as a joke, her parents let her roam around alone because they know that there is no danger (and Alice knows to be careful at places like roads), and Charles taught her about the science.

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Alice was copying her parents' romantic lines on Bob as a joke, her parents let her roam around alone because they know that there is no danger (and Alice knows to be careful at places like roads), and Charles taught her about the science.science.
** Where Alice lives, elementary schoolers are considered old enough to do several "mature" things, such as go alone as they are taught to be careful with things and their belongings, and PuppyLove is encouraged as it can be used for relationship lesson and sex education, which is very useful when they grow older.

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* '''Zig-Zagged''': Alice experiences PuppyLove, walks around alone and knows as much about science as Charles, Bob is a perfectly normal-seeming nine-year-old, while [[TheDitz Diane]] is in their class, but can't add two plus two.

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Alice experiences PuppyLove, walks around alone and knows as much about science as Charles, Bob is a perfectly normal-seeming nine-year-old, while [[TheDitz Diane]] is in their class, but can't add two plus two.two.
** Alice has a VagueAge or ArtisticAge, but is implied to be somewhere around the age of 9. She often acts this approximate age, but occasionally acts older (or sometimes younger) as well.
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** [[BrainyBaby Alice is three months old and has adult-level intelligence.]]
** All elementary schoolers in the cast not only have adult-level [[WiseBeyondTheirYears intelligence]] and [[ActingYourIntellectualAge maturity]], but they also [[ImprobableAge drive their own car,]] [[TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior smoke, drink, get high, watch R-rated movies,]] [[DirtyKid have sex with their classmate,]] [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and seriously think about marriage.]]

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** [[BrainyBaby Alice is three months old and has adult-level intelligence.]]
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** All elementary schoolers in the cast not only have adult-level [[WiseBeyondTheirYears intelligence]] and [[ActingYourIntellectualAge maturity]], but they also [[ImprobableAge drive their own car,]] cars]], [[TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior smoke, drink, get high, watch R-rated movies,]] movies]], [[DirtyKid have sex with their classmate,]] classmates]], [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and seriously think about marriage.]]marriage]].



* '''Zig-Zagged''': Alice experiences PuppyLove, walks around alone and knows as much about science as Charles, Bob is a perfectly normal-seeming nine-years-old, while [[TheDitz Diane]] is in their class, but can't add two plus two.
* '''Averted''': Alice acts like a normal nine-years-old.

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* '''Zig-Zagged''': Alice experiences PuppyLove, walks around alone and knows as much about science as Charles, Bob is a perfectly normal-seeming nine-years-old, nine-year-old, while [[TheDitz Diane]] is in their class, but can't add two plus two.
* '''Averted''': Alice acts like a normal nine-years-old.nine-year-old.

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** All nine-years-old kids in the cast not only have adult-level [[WiseBeyondTheirYears intelligence and maturity]], but they also [[TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior smoke, drink, get high, have sex with their classmate, watch R-rated movies,]] [[ImprobableAge drive a car, hold employments,]] [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and complain about how childish of the kindergarteners, who still watch PG-13 movies too.]]

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** All nine-years-old kids elementary schoolers in the cast not only have adult-level [[WiseBeyondTheirYears intelligence intelligence]] and [[ActingYourIntellectualAge maturity]], but they also [[ImprobableAge drive their own car,]] [[TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior smoke, drink, get high, have sex with their classmate, watch R-rated movies,]] [[ImprobableAge drive a car, hold employments,]] [[DirtyKid have sex with their classmate,]] [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and complain seriously think about how childish of the kindergarteners, who still watch PG-13 movies too.marriage.]]



* '''Exploited''': Alice uses her knowledge and ability to go wherever she wants to her advantage.

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Alice uses her knowledge and ability to go wherever she wants to her advantage.advantage.
** Alice uses her knowledge and ability to become the ClassRepresentative [[ClassPrincess Princess]] and TheLeader of her class.
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** All nine-years-old kids in the cast not only have adult-level intelligence and maturity, but they also [[TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior smoke, drink, get high, have sex with their classmate, watch R-rated movies,]] [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and complain about how childish of the kindergarteners too.]]

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** All nine-years-old kids in the cast not only have adult-level [[WiseBeyondTheirYears intelligence and maturity, maturity]], but they also [[TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior smoke, drink, get high, have sex with their classmate, watch R-rated movies,]] [[ImprobableAge drive a car, hold employments,]] [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and complain about how childish of the kindergarteners kindergarteners, who still watch PG-13 movies too.]]

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* '''Exaggerated''': [[BrainyBaby Alice is three months old and has adult-level intelligence.]]

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[[BrainyBaby Alice is three months old and has adult-level intelligence.]]
** All nine-years-old kids in the cast not only have adult-level intelligence and maturity, but they also [[TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior smoke, drink, get high, have sex with their classmate, watch R-rated movies,]] [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and complain about how childish of the kindergarteners too.
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* '''Zig-Zagged''': Alice experiences PuppyLove, walks around alone and knows as much about science as Charles, Bob is a perfectly normal-seeming nine-year-old, while [[TheDitz Diane]] is in their class, but can't add two plus two.
* '''Averted''': Alice acts like a normal nine-year-old.

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* '''Parodied''': ???
Everyone often forgets the fact that Alice is nine-years-old, even Alice herself too!
* '''Zig-Zagged''': Alice experiences PuppyLove, walks around alone and knows as much about science as Charles, Bob is a perfectly normal-seeming nine-year-old, nine-years-old, while [[TheDitz Diane]] is in their class, but can't add two plus two.
* '''Averted''': Alice acts like a normal nine-year-old.nine-years-old.

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** The writer or the ExecutiveMeddling doesn't want Alice to OlderThanTheDemographic and/or [[AvoidTheDreadedGRating make the show too childish for older audience,]] so they make Alice to act cool and mature for her age instead.

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** The Alice is an EscapistCharacter in the series for elementary schoolers, and the writer or the ExecutiveMeddling doesn't want Alice to OlderThanTheDemographic and/or [[AvoidTheDreadedGRating make the show too childish childish]] for [[PeripheryDemographic older audience,]] audiences]], so they make Alice to act cool and mature for her age instead.


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** Alice is originally sixteen-years-old in the novel, but she is undergone an AgeLift to nine-years-old in the live-action adaptation.
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** Preteen Alice is [[DawsonCasting played by teenage actress.]]

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** Preteen Alice is [[DawsonCasting played by teenage actress.]]]] Some personality of the actress leak through into the character.

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** The writer or the ExecutiveMeddling doesn't want Alice to OlderThanTheDemographic, so they make Alice to act cool and mature for her age instead.

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** The writer or the ExecutiveMeddling doesn't want Alice to OlderThanTheDemographic, OlderThanTheDemographic and/or [[AvoidTheDreadedGRating make the show too childish for older audience,]] so they make Alice to act cool and mature for her age instead.instead.
** Alice is a child protagonist [[MatureWorkChildProtagonists in the show aim at adult and late teenagers.]]
** Preteen Alice is [[DawsonCasting played by teenage actress.]]

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* '''Enforced''': The writer can't remember being Alice's age but was asked to write a story about a nine-year-old, so they just winged it.

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The writer can't remember being Alice's age but was asked to write a story about a nine-year-old, so they just winged it.it.
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* '''Zigzagged''': Alice experiences PuppyLove, walks around alone and knows as much about science as Charles, Bob is a perfectly normal-seeming nine-year-old, while [[TheDitz Diane]] is in their class, but can't add two plus two.

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* '''Zigzagged''': '''Zig-Zagged''': Alice experiences PuppyLove, walks around alone and knows as much about science as Charles, Bob is a perfectly normal-seeming nine-year-old, while [[TheDitz Diane]] is in their class, but can't add two plus two.
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* '''Zigzagged''': Alice experiences PuppyLove, walks around alone and knows as much about science as Charles, Bob is a perfectly normal-seeming nine-year-old, while Diane is in their class, but can't add two plus two.

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* '''Zigzagged''': Alice experiences PuppyLove, walks around alone and knows as much about science as Charles, Bob is a perfectly normal-seeming nine-year-old, while Diane [[TheDitz Diane]] is in their class, but can't add two plus two.
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* '''Implied''': Bob is a normal acting child but is treated like he is mentally disabled.
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'''Basic Trope''': Fictional kids acting too old.
* '''Straight''': Alice is nine, but she [[PuppyLove flirts with Bob]], a boy in her class, [[FreeRangeChildren can go anywhere she wants alone]] and knows as much about science as her adult friend Charles, an actual scientist.
* '''Exaggerated''': [[BrainyBaby Alice is three months old and has adult-level intelligence.]]
* '''Downplayed''': Alice is smart for a nine-year-old and has been given privileges by her parents that allow her to walk around alone in certain places, but she doesn't do anything that a nine-year-old logically shouldn't be able to do.
* '''Justified''': Alice was copying her parents' romantic lines on Bob as a joke, her parents let her roam around alone because they know that there is no danger (and Alice knows to be careful at places like roads), and Charles taught her about the science.
* '''Inverted''':
** Despite being nine years old, [[KiddieKid Alice]] doesn't know her two-times tables and is not allowed to play in the backyard.
** [[WomanChild Alice]] is an adult, but is unemployed, doesn't know how to do any math and sulks when she doesn't get her way.
* '''Subverted''': Alice is seen crossing the road by herself, but is stopped by a cop, who asks for her age.
* '''Double Subverted''': The cop seems to think nine is old enough to cross the road alone.
* '''Parodied''': ???
* '''Zigzagged''': Alice experiences PuppyLove, walks around alone and knows as much about science as Charles, Bob is a perfectly normal-seeming nine-year-old, while Diane is in their class, but can't add two plus two.
* '''Averted''': Alice acts like a normal nine-year-old.
* '''Enforced''': The writer can't remember being Alice's age but was asked to write a story about a nine-year-old, so they just winged it.
* '''Lampshaded''': "How come we have school if we already know as much as the grown-ups?"
* '''Invoked''': Alice tries to be like an adult.
* '''Exploited''': Alice uses her knowledge and ability to go wherever she wants to her advantage.
* '''Defied''': Alice refuses to act too old.
* '''Discussed''': "Alice is nine but she acts sixteen!"
* '''Conversed''': "Why do all the kids in that show act like adults?"
* '''Played for Laughs''': Alice is seen at a meeting in an office building.
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